The Killing 1956 123movies

Watch: The Killing 1956 123movies, Full Movie Online – After just being released from a five-year stint in prison, Johnny Clay has assembled a five-man team, including two insiders, to carry out what he estimates will be a $2 million heist at Lansdowne Racetrack, the take to be split five ways, minus expenses. Besides Johnny, none of the men truly are criminals in the typical sense. In addition to the other four team members, Johnny has hired two men outside of the team to carry out specific functions for a flat fee; the other four will not meet the two men for hire or know who they are, while the two men for hire will not be told of the bigger picture of the heist. None involved are to tell anyone, even their loved ones, about the job. Each of the five have a specific reason for wanting his share of the money: Johnny, in wanting to get married to his longtime girlfriend Fay, the two who have known each other since they were kids, realizes that to live comfortably, he has to shoot for the moon instead of carrying out the penny-ante stuff that put him behind bars; Marvin Unger, a bookkeeper who is bankrolling the plan, is doing it out of his friendship and loyalty to Johnny; Randy Kennan, a crooked police officer, is already late with his repayment to a loan shark; Mike O’Reilly, one of the track’s bartenders, wants to be able to provide better overall care, most importantly medical, to his bedridden wife, Ruthie O’Reilly; and milquetoast George Peatty, one of the track’s ticket clerks, is trying to buy back the love of his shrew of a wife of five years, Sherry Peatty, if he ever had her love at all. The elaborate plan requires meticulous timing by all seven men. Beyond any unforeseen problems causing the plan to fail, what the other four team members are unaware of is that weak-minded George told Sherry of the broad issue that he will be involved in a heist in an effort to hold on to her emotionally; she, in turn, told her boyfriend Val Cannon, with Sherry and Val having their own ideas of absconding with the entire take of the heist after the fact..
Plot: Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
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Reviews:

One of my five favorite Kubrick films – gets better every time
At the age of 27, Stanley Kubrick’s third film, The Killing, took Lionel White’s hard-boiled, non-linear story of one man (Johnny Clay, with quick-talking, straightforward ease by Sterling Hayden) and his crew planning and tasking a race-track robbery. It’s almost fifty years old, but by this time Kubrick intently defined his style, and somehow the film seems to have themes and characters that are identifiable (and recognizable) with any period. The supporting characters are as sharply drawn (and psychologically involving) if not more so than Johnny Clay. Driving us into this world of schemers shouldn’t be dense, and as Kubrick passes by any pretense – and keeps the compositions and material entertaining and absorbing – and it allows a viewer a lot of promise on repeat viewings.

While the story elements are similar to the sort of Kubrick-movie psychology (mostly dealing with men who are head deep in a rather existential crisis of what’s against society), what’s unique is how the craft is intuitive. On a low budget, and even with a cast that’s very good if not excellent, everything is always assured in the style and turns grinding in the plot. I could watch this movie another two times (after three in the past two years or so) and still see shots so detailed yet with the tone that of the most inspired film-noirs. It’s questionable as to where Kubrick got influence for some of the compositions, with usage of shadows and the dark (and light shades too), but whether or not it was some famous expressionist or from the 40’s film-noirs, the mark of Kubrick uncurling as an artist is evident.

One remark by some is that the narration is sometimes irritating, that the kind of B-movie police drama expository tone, and the information is too much. The voice is not my favorite part of the film, but the narration itself, the information, is an interesting mold in the film’s structure. It adds on a layer to that existentialist subtext, as every description makes it sounds like the narrator’s a reporter looking back on the past events with a (detached) objectivity. For me, this did make it a little much to concentrate on in the first viewing, however this is a film that demands un-thwarted attention for it’s 83 minutes. If you turn away for too long, a piece of the puzzle will be out of sight. It’s a great film, and it’s gone on to inspire a flock of homagers and imitators in the last half century. A+

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 24 min (84 min)
Budget 320000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director Stanley Kubrick
Writer Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Lionel White
Actors Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 (intended ratio), 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)
Camera Arriflex S, Mitchell BNCR
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,270 m (Sweden), 2,285 m (Italy), 2,330 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2022 restoration), Dolby Vision, Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm